[speaking arabic] [speaking arabic] [speaking arabic] >> translator: for example, i want to talk about the european union after the terrors of iran and europe, one of them was at the restaurant where the tribunal was held in the other one was assassination of dr. bestiary. the countries in europe lowered the level at the embassy level and most of the ambassadors left tehran. the [speaking arabic] >> translator: what he said was the issue have been secured europe and this is why we went to recall our ambassadors. [speaking arabic] >> translator: for approximately six months, no european ambassadors for in iran. [speaking arabic] >> translator: and this resulted in the assassination in europe being reduced. the [speaking arabic] >> translator: and the most important thing in political sanctions is the international criminal court. sub [speaking arabic] >> translator: violators of human rights should be referred to the international court. [speaking arabic] >> translator: and in order to be able to try violators of human rights in the sport, we have strengthened the court. said 10 >> tran

within the arab system but as well as inter-arab issues. this was seen as more affective and global rating than the entire cliche of traditional slogans and the political elite. now there is a new sense of an active redefinition of arab nationalism which is closely connected to the sense of arab identity and that we are not left behind. we're not part of the 19th century but catching up to the 21st century. another redefinition is that of leadership. the source of legitimacy and credibility. quite often arab regimes and leaders use external connections proven by western countries as the source of their power. rather than their own constituencies, and rather than responding to their own people's needs. this is shifting. the leadership and credibility do not come at the expense of security or wealth, natural resources, or control over information and media at or even arms. all of the definitions. they are now available and accessible. also it is no longer inherited. or a sense of distinction and privilege within society. also, membership in t

-based arab-american institute. he is a scholar on middle east issues and not unrelated to the book we are here to discuss today's senior analyst with for the polling firm zogby international. he writes a column that appears in 20 arab newspapers and hosts a weekly column discussion program on abu dhabi television in addition to a blog on "huffington post" and regular appearances on most network and cable news programs. as a member of the council on foreign relations and the democratic national committee he is presented with the public service work by secretary of state powell in 2003 and served in the aclu nationally -- director and the national immigration forum as well and testifies before the house u.s. house, u.s. senate and the u.n. as well. he currently, and of course always less but never least a devoted husband and father of five. i am sure it has sharpened his conflict resolution skills, and dr. zogby is written a number of books most recently published the incredibly timely "arab voices" what they are to

will help the arab world move towards democracy. dominique strauss-kahn is released on bail, but is formally charged with sexual assault. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> u.s. president barack obama said that the middle east and north never go have the full support of the u.s.. he praised those who dare to rise up against oppressive regimes and says the u.s. will also help countries were change has yet to come. obama also announced a program of economic incentives to back reform. >> until now, the u.s. president has taken no clear position on the arab upheavals. but his speech thursday was wide-ranging. obama said it marked a new chapter in american diplomacy in the middle east and north africa. he promised to support democracy initiatives. >> our message is simple. if you take the risks that reform entails, you'll have the full support of the united states. >> but the u.s. president offered more than political support. he pledged economic aid, starting with egypt and tunisia, saying that the u.s.

the arab world's largest state, the heart of arab culture, the font of ideas for the region. if egypt succeeds, it will change the arab world. if it fails, if this revolution fails, it will send a terrible message throughout the region. obama chose the right audience to give his speech, america's foreign service, because ultimately it will not be a speech by which arabs will judge america but the countless actions of american diplomats over the next few months and years as they struggle to make a break from the past and enter the modern world. let's get started. >>> by every account, egypt's revolution was genuinely spontaneous. a few groups, until then small, called for protests in tahrir square. the protests had, until then, been small, often involving a few thousand people, at most. but this time in january of this year, perhaps because of the example of the revolt in tunisia, many, many more came. and as more people streamed into tahrir square, others saw them, get involved and then came out as well. and it all started with a few young people. precisely because it was so

the arabs don't possible has bringing you the best of the arab film to the bay area. this year's festival is no exception. consider the most important arab film festival outside of the arab world, the festival offers a rare window to the arab world and its diverse community. featuring 24 films from over 18 countries, it is also one of the only four runs that showcases new works by established and emerging arab filmmakers. the possible films in four cities. in addition, the festival organizers a film series for high-school students free of charge. this year's lineup offers something for everyone, including shorts, documentary's, comedies, and dramas. >> [speaking arabic] the mission of the arab film festival, since it its inception in 1996, and it came about -- members of our community realized there was stereotyping of arabs in the media, and they wanted to change that proactively. they wanted to use the power of film to bring in the stories, to bring in authentic images and narratives of the arab world, he to american audiences, in order to fight the negative stereot

so i think the arab mind, the arab mindset has changed.us from the outside to we can do from the inside. >> you talked about credit ability and how the president had more presented ability because osama bin ladw credibility because osama bin laden has beenkied. do you think the president has better standing, stronger standing with those in the arab world now? >> i think he does. because everyone around the world respectses power, if full, they respect credibility. here the president had the guts to go and do what had been primed for almost ten years. he succeeded. so i think on that level his credibility will be going up. the question is whether or not he will be consistent. he called mubarak to accept down. did he. he called for gadhafi to step down. we see what's happening there. right now he's stepping stopping short in syria. so twll be beinghere will be ac hypocrisy. >> and this was a grass roots effort. a lot of people are wondering why should we even pay attention to what president obama has to say. has the u.s. lost some of its str

partnership with arab leaders. don't think it's the role of the united states to protect arab leaders against the demands from their own people. that's not what our partnership with these leaders should be about. it should be about cooperating on -- it could be diplomatic initiatives, security initiatives, et cetera, our common interests, perhaps even helping to protect them from external threats, but if their people are rising up and vociferously demanding human rights, political lirties, economic opportunitiesthat's not the nature of -- that's not what u.s. support should be about,s shielding them from those demands. what the united states should be saying to those governments is we think you need to take seriously the demands th are coming from your people. now, in saudi arabia, this is not a really hard issue right now because there is no uprising in saudi arabia. there ght be, someday. so we don't face the hard moment in saudi arabia right now. but in other countries -- and i think the united states is saying

and there is an uprising across the arab world. in the long run, there's no question that that's a good thing. in the short run i think mort's concerns are understandable. but i... in the end i have to root for people who say we want to be free. we want to keep the basic human rights that we deserve as human beings and i think you try to stand against that... as the president was saying today, if you stand against that you're going to lose. >> rose: i think that's what the speech was all about, what you just said. the president wanting to say this is where we stand in terms of identifying those values. >> those are our values but we also have interests and the problem that we have if we are supporting a country at this stage of the game may not be considered to be shall we say ready for democracy, at least the end result of it, if a radical government in egypt we will suffer enormously in terms of our interests. >> rose: let me talk about the politics of this and the american jewish community. what's the status of his relationship?

later, the founder of the arab- american institute looks at the reaction in the arab-american community to the killing of also been laid in. "washington journal" is next. host: good morning. the headline in "the new york times" -- bin laden's secret life in a shrunken world. new insight into the life of osama bin laden over the last five years. also, the president is leaving for texas on tuesday to talk about immigration. the vice president is holding the second round of budget negotiations at the white house. in turkey, a u.n.-backed conference looking at ways to promote the element of countries, in -- promote the development of countries, including problems in africa. we begin with phone calls. this cover story from the "national journal" caught our attention. "the war on terror is over." we want to get your reaction to this headline into the latest video released by the pentagon. democrats -- (202)737-0002. republicans -- (202)737-0001. independents -- (202)628-0205. let's begin with the new york daily news and the "new york post." they have photographs of bin laden at his compound.

people or the arab masses. now, many people look at it as internal reform and change, a cry for dignity, for freedom, for economic reform, for empowerment, for sharing in the resources and wealth, for participatory democracy, but still, as we said, a great deal of arab dignity, a great deal of the national arab dignity has been affected by in the face of the continuing indignity of the occupation. so palestine has never been absent from the contemporary discourse in the arab spring. it remains vocal and emotive. even though many people say that the regime's exploited the issue of palestine for their own sake, but yet the people have a very emotive, visceral relationship to palestine, much more so than people thought, and they held their regimes accountable for being unable to do anything about it. and we had several meetings with some youth groups from jordan, lebanon, egypt, tunisia, syria, several places, and it was amazing how the young were really committed to the cause of palestine. they said putting our h

and in this edition host peter lavelle and his guests discuss whether the revolutionary hybrid the arab world is losing heart that's up next an artsy. can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the arab awakening is often referred to as revolutions in the arab middle east there can be no doubt something important is occurring in this region but should we be using the word revolution dictatorial regimes remain intact and foreign influences continue to prevail. and you can. see. crosstalk what is happening in the arab middle east today i'm joined by michael monger in durham he is a professor at duke university in new york we have a loan ben my ear he is a professor at new york university and in boston across the daniel pipes he's an author and director of the middle east forum all right gentlemen this is cross talk and there's only one rule you can jump in anytime you want i to go to michael in durham first do you feel comfortable with this term revolutions occurring in the arab world because there are so many different examples where you go all the way from tunisia to yemen

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because you've also played arab terrorists. >> once. once, and for satire-- american dreamz, where i was playing... >> hinojosa: what about 24? >> no, i was... that was good, because i was a suspect-- a terrorist suspect-- but at the end of the... the three arc episode, i was proven to be innocent. and i liked that, because i liked the sort of idea that people judge someone for where they are or their religion, and then they have all these preconceived ideas about them. and the fact that, you know, this proves that you could be wrong just by looking at someone just because they're from somewhere and assume that they're that, and then when they're proven wrong, i thought there was something really great about that-- a statement to be made. >> hinojosa: so as an actor, you're making these choices and you have to decide when they approach you and people know that you're lebanese, arab, muslim. >> lebanese american now, now that i have a citizenship. >> hinojosa: congratulations! >> thank you. no more deportation. >> hinojosa: no more fear.

mean welcome to crossfire computer lavelle as the arab spring continues to sweep the arab middle east where does this leave you around with a new and democratic regimes in the region now deceased themselves from washington and how is the arab spring changing the islamic republic. ok. cross-talk the fate of iran in the storm of the arab revolutions i'm joined by mohammad marandi in toronto he's a professor at the university of toronto and in london we go to jonathan paris he's a security specialist in senior fellow with the atlantic council and author of the recent report prospects for iran and in irvine we crossed a serai support for ehrlich she's an independent research writer in political commentator all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's look at iran and its neighborhood. though faced with tougher sanctions this year iran appears no less involved in the face of the west as the service is trying to invest its ongoing democratic. savor in washington's diplomatic predicament the revelers and the highly praised. bric are also wel

he said the arabs-- the palestinians should respond. he said the quartet should now look again at the impasse that it has with the negotiations. this was, i thought, incredibly important. meaning the u.s. is not going to accept the israeli demand that the u.s. should block any contacts with the unity government of palestine and the u.s. is trying to forge, i think, some new ground here. the other thing he did which i thought was important was to separate the issues of territory and security, saying those basic principals have to be agreed to start the negotiations again and then deal with the tougher issues of jerusalem and refugees. so there is some new language and i think there is some new principals that are being articulated here. i read this as obama trying to support the self-determination of the arab people fighting for freedom, for their freedom, and articulating that the united states wants self-determination from pro israeli forces who have been dictating its policy for a long time. >> brown: and mona what did you hear in the

to profit off what is happening in the arab middle east today i'm joined by michael monger in durham he is a professor at duke university in new york we have a loan ben my year he's a professor at new york university and in boston across again your pipes he's an author and director of the middle east forum all right gentlemen this is cross talk and there's only one rule you can jump in anytime you want i could go to michael in durham first do you feel comfortable with this term revolutions occurring in the arab world because they are so many different examples when go all the way from tunisia to yemen to bahrain egypt we can go on and on do you like to term revolution for anything that's going on in that region right now. one of the things political scientists debate is actually what constitutes a revolution and in a way a revolution is just a successful change of regime it needn't be violent they can be peaceful it's not clear that what's actually going on here is revolutions what we have is a lot of violence by organized military and government it's not clear that these are going t

jewish revolutions in the arab middle east there can be no doubt something in court is of such. a timer in here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. download the official and see how we can show you on the phone the i pod touch from the i choose option. like. video on demand cheesemonger bold comes and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the future of coverage. wealthy british science. markets try not to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max kaiser for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on r.t. . mission free cretaceous free comes for free arrangement for free is free. free. download free broadcast live video for your media project for free media or gogarty dot com . you can. follow and welcome to cross talk on peter lavelle the arab awakening is often referred to as revolutions in the arab middle east there can be no doubt something important is occurring in this region

not just intra- arab but inter-arab issues. this was seen as resonating globally more than the slogans of the political regimes that kept bashing everybody in the name of arab nationalism. there is a new sense of a very active redefinition of arab nationalism, which is closely connected to the sense of arab identity, air of dignity -- arab dignity. another redefinition is that of leadership. the source of legitimacy and credibility. quite often, arab regimes and leaders use their external connections, approval by western countries and so on, as the source of their power and legitimacy and credibility. rather than their own constituency, rather than responding to their own people's needs and rights. again, leadership and credibility do not, as a result of security, control, or monopoly over the sources of powers, be they wells or natural -- wealth or natural resources or control over media and even arms and so on. there are new sources of power and legitimacy now available, accessible. also, there are no longer inherited positio

this might be approached it more in the arab world than at home. -- appreciated more in the arab world than at home. >> let's get some reaction. we will be hearing from our correspondents in ramallah, a jerusalem, and tripoli. >> here in cairo, they will certainly welcome president obama's support for what he described as the core principles which are being fought for in the middle east at the moment -- human-rights, freedom of expression and assembly. those are important to the many arabs engaged in uprisings. and there will be much more skepticism about his call for middle east peace and a new initiative on the israeli- palestinian issue. they have heard that before. they heard that in his speech in 2009. nothing comes of it. there is a solution and the high hopes he raced back in 2009. many people did not even know that president obama was speaking about the middle east of day -- at the middle east today. one of the great themes of these recent uprisings and revolutions is declining american influence in the region. >> here in tripoli, the government of colonel gaddafi is still dige

its expansion is limited by the arab spri, by the limitations of the regimes in the arab world and its finding that it's cyr ree problems policy with its nehbors is backfiring because that zero problems with neighbors is really a zero problems with the regimes. and the regimes are in great... threat especially in syria and how syria emerges from this crisis will have a major impact in turkey because syria represented the model for which turkey was expanding into the region and billed essentially a regional... almost a hegemonic role. but economically turkeyooks ve good at t moment. and it has displayed itself in a position where it export it is rest of europend the united states, et cetera, but also to reons in africa and the middle east the trajectory is a positive one. next question is going to be the elections in turkey and what happens in terms of 2 kurdish question and that's a big problem. >> rose: let me turn the arab spring, steven. turkey and therab spring, how do you assess that performance so far? >> so far the performance is not very good. the arab spring has presented a wh

as the legitimate representing the policy of people so you know the arab league has adopted the arab peace proposal which which which offers israel normalization of all the arab states in return for withdraw from occupied territories and israel has peace treaties with egypt and jordan and it has recognition from the sole legitimate representative of the palestinian people what we have fortunately really is a territorial dispute because last monday i mean seven days ago eight days ago prime minister netanyahu gave a speech before the knesset in which he said there would be no negotiations on jerusalem annexation of settlement blocks without distinguishing between them long term israeli military presence in the jordan valley and along the jordan river and other demands that really need gate the possibility of the creation of a palestinian state so to downplay the territorial question is wrong now let me point out something to dad he's right most israelis regard what they call judea and samaria and the whole rest of the world calls the occupied palestinian territories as part of their p

so the idea of bending the arab spring and the idea of bending the arab spring to make it serve the interestn't politically brilliant at this time. >> by bringing in the question of israel and palestine, does he overwhelm the talk of the arab spring? >> no. i think fundamentally president obama wasn't -- the arab spring left us all -- we have to cast a vote, was this a very important event, does this herald the making of a new arab world, and the president was slow to act. it wasn't his cause. it wasn't the burning issue for him. so i think this was not a bad speech. it wasn't a brilliant speech. there was nothing lyrical or compelling about it. it was just an attempt to place american diplomacy in the middle of this event. >> you think one of the most -- the strongest part of the speech was bahrain? >> absolutely. >> he was critical of the regime in bahrain, even though it's an ally of the united states. >> it was critical of saudi arabia, which he never mentioned in the speech. and that to me was the most interesting part. everything else was predictable, what he said about syria or egypt

but across the term make here many in the arab community were skeptical. came to the us from tunisia eleven years ago leaving his wife and son behind he lived the revolution from a far. but i think you can imagine how they could change and it's not because he hasn't been easy and. this is going to be the one that's enough. because like the. new president but i don't think we know. what is the arab spring turns to summer many here express their doubts about how president obama's proposal for private investment we think it's important to focus on trade i just paid an investment i just insists a marshall plan for the middle east would work. going to be ok because you know i was being some of. the was. like business from outside what about you know you know. we need to be first in this country and this become harder for business for some but now we need president obama had tough words for libyan leader moammar gadhafi and syrian leader bashar al assad president assad now has a choice you can leave the transition or get out of the way but many here didn't seek

to take yes for in the end sir and the arabs say as. pointed out have been offering peace and recognition to israel since two thousand and two at our price you know he also said to be one of sarin are given also scared but even if you sixty seven lines were auschwitz borders there is a wide consensus here. legally or illegally last all these many times it regretted that characterization this fagot is both the arab political and military situations have changed absolutely and fundamentally since both forty eight and six the seven at this point unlike forty eight israel is the most powerful country in the region israeli security has to be assured but there are plenty of things in place to take care of that and of course these have to be recognized in the peace agreement what this is about policy in washington the old one area in which is one of the article didn't let me go one more sense israel wants to keep the settlements with. sane pointed out have been declared. to international law and posed by everyone. in this game to say what's on

let's start with the arab world. >> it's interesting, when you go throughout parts of the arab world, when you talk about osama bin laden, many people will point to conspiracy theorys. for the past ten year, they will say that bin laden has a, already died or gotten away. the fact that osama bin laden no longer has that much of an effect when it comes to the insurgencies in these parts of the world. when you look at afghanistan, in a place as primitive as afghanistan, a majority of the afghans don't even know what 9/11 was. and the taliban fighters that we see fighting are soldiers on the ground have no idea who osama bin laden is, or they've possibly heard of him. one thing we have to remember is that they no longer take orders from al qaeda, that they're operating under new leadership. but we also have to look at the psychological impact it's going to have on the fighters themselves. right now, when you look at the war in afghanistan, many people think the psychological win has come to the taliban in the last couple of years because of the victories that they've gained. but this is

in the markets is the arab spring vs the street the arab middle east where does this leave you with a new engine exploded the sheaves in the region just the sums. the say. the milk. lynn issued free. education free. for charge free from a commission free risk free. priests. mold free broadcast live video for your media project a free media party dot com. live live live. live can. listen to. the live. below and welcome to crossfire gang peter lavelle as the arab spring continues to sweep the arab middle east where does this leave iran with a new and democratic regimes in the region now deceased themselves from washington and how is the arab spring changing the islamic republic live can. still live. crossed out the fate of iran in the storm of the arab revolutions i'm joined by mohammad marandi in toronto he's a professor at the university of tehran in london we go to jonathan paris he is a security specialist and senior fellow with the atlantic council and author of the recent report prospects for iran and in irvine we crossed the serai soap or ehrlich she's an independent research wri

one part of the arab world where the u.s. has been involved is the republic of yemen. they have earned the country's reputation as a haven for the islamic militants. the third year old rule of america's allies has been threatened by the protests. he promised not to extend his rule beyond 2013, but the -- he and they are losing patience with the president. we managed to get into yemen to bring this report. >> for the united states, this country is all about the war on terror. the partner in yemen is in trouble. >> i am not going back to my tribe. go out. >> the president is holding on. the outcry is proving stronger expected.united states i both are dealing with a new force. the people. >> the stretches for miles and miles. all this began as a sit-in by a few students. representatives from all districts of yemen -- they are here. saleh said that this would never happen here. he said his country and would fight each other, and that this would end in chaos. protesters say that this proves that they can be organized and disciplined. >> this chicken symbolizes yemen, and he

that's why i don't like the phrase "arab spring." suggests things are going to happen quickly. we're looking at years and years before we know what the character of egypt is. >> thank you both. >>> coming up, arnold schwarzenegger was planning on making a movie comeback, but with revelations about his former housekeeper, does the comeback stand a chance? >>> and remember botox mom, the woman who gave her 8-year-old botox injections? she's now poking holes in her own story. was it a hoax? the "ridicu-list" is next. in 20, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. in an effort to give you the best network possible. we share. shop from anywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world.

the arab spring may end op-ed being an arab winter for a lot of people. -- may end up being an arab winter for a lot of people. if we want to preserve israel, it cannot be as intransigent as it is. charles, it'a good point. israel at points is visible, but at other times it is not. i see the arabs more and more, helping each other more and more, and the israelis and more and more trouble. >> president obama also in that speech says that the united states it supports movements in the middle east and had tough words for syria. >> president assad can lead the transition or get out of the way. the syrian government must stop shooting demonstrators and allow peaceful protests. it must release political prisoners and stop by and just arrests -- unjust arrests. >> what did you think of that part of the speech >> our colleague charles krauthammer wrote about that in his column, and he is pretty mitch right that it tracks it george bush doctrine, indicating to autocrats that they have no real future with the u.s. but there were some omissions there. he d not tk about saudi arabia, and you cannot ta